Spicy Roasted Broccolini Quinoa Salad

We’ve got big things going on over here today. Let’s start with a healthy recipe shall we? I mean I hope I’m not the only one who over indulged yesterday…

guacamole

chicken wings

spinach dip

margaritas

slutty brownies

and other fabulous nibbles that go hand in hand with the Super Bowl. Well, not to worry. I’ve got you covered.

I recently made this awesome Spicy Roasted Broccolini Quinoa Salad for Design Sponge. First off, let me just jump up and down for a hot second. Omg, so excited that I was Design Sponge. Seriously one of my favorite sites ever. I could spend hours looking at all the fabulous tips and tricks and before and after photos. Love.

So… this Spicy Roasted Broccolini Quinoa Salad will rock your world. It’s nutty because of the quinoa and tangy with the addition of goat cheese and then you’ve got the all time best vegetable in the whole world on top. Basically it’s the perfect lunch. And you should make it for a big group of friends and pair it with a little sparking wine. Or regular wine. Whatever floats your boat. So hop on over to Design Sponge for the recipe

And because it’s Monday. And there are some very exciting things going on this week, and because my mama officially opened her Etsy store last week, we are giving away a gorgeous handmade ceramic from her latest collection just in time for Valentine’s Day 🙂

We’ve got one set of 6 left of these super cute pinch bowls – pink and white – so clearly they are perfect for Valentine’s day! All you’ve got to do to enter is just leave a little comment below and let me know what you ate for Super Bowl Sunday! I’ll pick a winner on Wednesday at 10:00pm PST and then ship off the pinch bowls first thing Thursday morning so they will for sure arrive in time for Valentines 🙂

This quinoa salad is perfect! I am definitely in need of healthy foods after this weekend. For yesterday’s game, I made buffalo wings with homemade ranch dip, ginger soy glazed wings, bacon deviled eggs, no-bake chocolate peanut butter cookies, a pear tart, mini crab cakes, and stuffed mushrooms. Can you believe I was actually going to make chips and guacamole, spring rolls, and lettuce wraps, but ended up not doing it, because I was tired of making everything else….so you know what we’ll be having for dinner in the next few days. LOL

Well, you said to leave a “little” post, but we ate a LOT during the Superbowl. Twelve of us started the evening with dinner of sloppy joes (made my moi), chili, chicken wings, and buffalo chicken wing soup. Then we moved on to snacks of buffalo chicken wing dip (thanks to me), loaded baked potato dip (me again), and kettle corn. Then we moved on to dessert of ice cream cake (for an 18th birthday also celebrated yesterday), regular cake, cupcakes, and chocolate chip cookie dough dip (and…me again). I cooked a lot yesterday.

We had pizza, honey bbq wings, spicy roasted chickpeas, tortilla chips, popcorn and spinach artichoke dip! It was AMAZING! The bowls are so cute! I recently got engaged and I think they would be a great addition to my new kitchen!

These mini pie plates are ADORABLE! I would love to win them! Don’t worry, you’re not the only one that overate. I had brunch with some classmates (gastronomy students- we cook and eat a lot!), and had doughnuts, sticky buns, frittatas, brie & crackers, and mimosas!

Can’t believe that we didn’t have guacamole, but honestly, we just forgot to pick some for ourselves. We have to pick them a week before we want to eat them, so they’ll have time to ripen. For Superbowl we had take-out Chinese food! And creme brulee.

why, your slutty brownies of course! they were off the hook! made a double batch. half went with the teenagers to church and half stayed home. plus i told someone about the brownies that afternoon and sent her the link and she made them as well! thanks!